independence
18th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1939 Margaret Atwood (poet)
Died:
2015 Jonah Lomu (famous rugby player, youngest ever All Black)
On This Day:
1918 Latvia declares independence (from Russia)
Have a good Sunday, 18th November
6th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1970 Ethan Hawke (actor – Dead Poets Society)
Died:
1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (composer – Swan Lake)
On This Day:
1844 Dominican Republic granted independence (by Spain)
Have a good Tuesday, 6th November
3rd November – On This Day In History
Born:
1949 Larry Holmes (boxer)
Died:
1954 Henri Matisse (painter and sculptor)
On This Day:
1918 Poland declares independence (from Russia)
Have a good Saturday, 3rd November
29th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1971 Winona Ryder (actress)
Died:
1618 Walter Raleigh (British explorer and scholar – beheaded for treason)
On This Day:
1923 Turkey declares its independence (was the Ottoman Empire)
Have a good Monday, 29th October
27th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1728 James Cook (first European to explore New Zealand and much of Australia)
Died:
1505 Ivan The Great (Russian Prince who conquered Lithuania)
On This Day:
2017 Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain (doesn’t succeed)
Have a good Saturday, 27th October
19th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1940 Michael Gambon (actor – Lord Of The Rings, Harry Potter)
Died:
1745 Jonathan Swift (author – Gulliver’s Travels)
On This Day:
1960 Mauritania granted independence (by France)
Have good Friday, 19th October
12th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1935 Luciano Pavarotti (singer)
Died:
1997 John Denver (Country Music singer)
On This Day:
1968 Equatorial Guinea declares its independence (from Spain)
Have a good Friday, 12th October
